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US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Adam Skadsberg, Weapons Loader, 148th Fighter Wing (FW), Minnesota (MN) Air National Guard (ANG), attaches the Universal Ammunition Loader onto a F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft gun system, in preparation for a training mission in support of Operation NOBLE EAGLE

U.S. Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Jared Larson, a weapons load crew member assigned to the 19th Equipment Maintainance Squadron, Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, inspects a weapons rack on an F-15C Eagle aircraft during exercise William Tell 2004 at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., on Nov. 9, 2004. (USAF PHOTO by STAFF SGT. Kenney Kennemer) (Released)

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Dale Wenn (front) and SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Bart Larson, 305th Aerial Port Squadron (APS), 305th Air Mobility Wing (AMW), McGuire Air Force Base (AFB), New Jersey (NJ), run from the cargo bay of their C-141B Starlifter aircraft during the Engine Running Onload/Offload (ERO) competition, which is part of the over all USAF AMC sponsored Rodeo 98 airlift competition at McChord AFB, Washington (WA)

SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Jason Kallansrud (right), with the 184th Bomb Wing (BW), from McConnell Air Force Base (AFB), Kansas, AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Jacob Stocks (left) and AIRMAN (AMN) Justin Brock (center), with the 366th Explosive Munitions Squadron (EMS), from Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, torque down the fittings on a GBU-12 500-pound laser guided bomb

SENIOR AIRMAN Scott Batson, USAF, 510th Fighter Squadron, Aviano Air Base, Italy, Weapons Load crew team member uses a meter to test the gyro of a guidance control unit attached to an inert GBU-24B (Paveway III) training bomb loaded on an F-16 Fighting Falcon. Weapons load teams are responsible for proficiency on 9 primary munitions and are evaluated monthly on 3 of the 9 primary loads. Load standardization crews assigned to the 31st Operations Group evaluate the proficiency, safety and speed of each load team

From left to right- US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Jason Lavelle, USAF SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Bertrand Asselin, USAF STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) David Ingram and team leader USAF Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Steven Root, all with 5th Maintenance Group (MXG), Minot Air Force Base (AFB), North Dakota (ND), stand at attention after their missiles are loaded onto the aircraft. The load crew is under evaluation on their job performance in cold weather gear

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) John Beldin (left) and USAF SSGT Clayton Carver both Weapons Loaders assigned to the 2nd Bomb Wing (BW), make adjustments to a Conventional Air Launch Cruise Missile after loading it into the weapons bay of a USAF B-52H Stratofortress aircraft while deployed with the 7th Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW) at Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

U.S. Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Abe Dominique, a weapons loader from the 180th Fighter Wing (FW), Ohio Air National Guard, marshals a 180th FW F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft, piloted by MAJ. Ricardo Colon, during a Red Flag exercise at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., on Oct. 28, 2004. (USAF PHOTO by STAFF SGT. Beth Slater) (Released)

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Rodney Dixon, F-16CJ Fighting Falcon aircraft Crew CHIEF, assigned to the 20th Fighter Wing (FW) uploads an AIM-120 Advance Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) onto the left outboard wing station on his aircraft, while deployed at Incirlik Air Base (AB), Turkey, during Operation NORTHERN WATCH. (Substandard image)

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Kent Larson observes as SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Adam Skadsberg, uses a Universal Ammunition Loader to load 20mm ammunition into the F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft gun system, in preparation for a training mission in support of Operation NOBLE EAGLE. Both TSGT Larson and SRA Skadsber are Weapons Loaders, assigned to the 148th Fighter Wing (FW), Minnesota (MN) Air National Guard (ANG)

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Subject Operation/Series: NOBLE EAGLE

Base: Duluth International Airport

State: Minnesota (MN)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: SRA Brett R. Ewald, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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22/05/2002
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